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Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting this website. Your privacy and security are very important to us. Please be aware that TIFA Bharat does not collect personal information when you visit our website, unless you choose to provide that information. However, we do collect some technical information about your visit to tifabharat.org.

We would like to make you aware of a law that provides you with certain rights concerning your personal information. This is described in the Privacy Act of 1974 (as amended by 5 U.S.C. 552a) governing Federal Records. This law concerns any information held in a Privacy Act System of Records (SOR) that can be retrieved by a personal identifier such as name, social security number, or other identifying number or symbol. An individual is entitled to access to his or her records and to request correction of these records if applicable. The Privacy Act prohibits disclosure of these records without the written consent of the individual(s) to whom the records pertain unless one of the twelve disclosure exceptions enumerated in the Act applies. The actual Act can be found at this link: http://www.justice.gov/opcl/privstat.htm.

Information Automatically Collected and Stored Automatically

When you visit tifabharat.org, we may store some or all of the following:

  • the IP address from which you accessed our site
  • the date and time
  • the URL of the website from which you linked to our site
  • the name of the file or words you searched for
  • the pages you visited on our site
  • the items clicked on a page
  • the browser and operating system used

We do not collect or track any personal information through these processes. We use this information in the aggregate to make our website more useful to visitors; that is, to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology used, to detect operational problems, and to improve the website's overall security.

Information You Provide to TIFA Bharat

You do not have to provide any personal information to view this website.

You may choose to provide personal information if you respond to a Request for Application (RFA) or call for expressions of interest (EOI). TIFA India will only use your personal information for the purpose for which it was provided, such as to evaluate your application.

When you voluntarily submit information, it constitutes your consent to the use of the information for the purpose stated. When you click the “Submit” button on a web form found on our sites, you are indicating your voluntary consent to the use of the information you submit, for the stated purpose.

Security Notice

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, we employ software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this site are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act (Title 18 U.S.C., Sections 1001 and 1030). If monitoring reveals evidence of possible criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to law enforcement personnel.

Cookies

When you visit some websites, their web servers generate pieces of information known as cookies. Cookies are commonly used to recognize your computer in the future.

Tifabharat.org uses single-session cookies to serve technical purposes, like providing seamless navigation through our site. These cookies do not permanently record data, and they are not stored on your computer's hard drive. Tifabharat.org’s session cookies are only available during an active browser session. When you close your browser, the session cookie disappears.

Tifabharat.org also uses multi-session cookies to help us understand how people use the site and how we can make it better. Traffic statistics are collected anonymously and aggregated, and no information is traceable to any specific individual. Tifabharat.org does not collect PII (personally identifiable information) such as social security numbers and date or place of birth.

Cookies-Tier 1 (single session) and Tier 2 (multi-session without PII) are used on Tifabharat.org in compliance with OMB Memorandum 10-22, Guidance for Online Use of Web Measurement and Customization Technologies. Tifabharat.org does not use Tier 3 (multi-session with PII) cookies.

Cookies may also be set by the following third-party providers on Tifabharat.org:

Google Analytics: A tier 2 cookie sets when a page is loaded and is used to improve web metrics capabilities.

Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information. You can remove or block cookies by changing the settings of your browser. For Opt-out instructions relating to cookies, please visit: http://www.usa.gov/optout_instructions.shtml.

Site Management

JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc. manages the overall content, design, and organization of this website.

Accessibility

TIFA Bharat is committed to providing access to all individuals seeking information on tifabharat.org. To provide this information, this site has been built to comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (as amended). Section 508 requires that all individuals with disabilities (whether federal employees or members of the general public) have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to that provided to individuals without disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on TIFA Bharat. If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader, Braille reader, etc.) and have trouble accessing information on this site, please contact us with the nature of the problem, the URL (web address) of the information you tried to access, and your contact information. We will contact you as soon as possible and do what we can to provide you with the information you need.